Spirituality: Implications for Sport Enhancement Ethics

Abstract

This chapter flips the question posed in Chap. 3. Instead of asking how enhancements might affect sport’s spirituality, we reframe the issue by asking the reciprocal question of how sport’s spirituality might affect enhancement use. Sport is more than just a game. We can discover the sacred in sport. This insight changes how we see sport and how we improve sport and athletes. If spirituality, as a marginalized value in sport, is privileged, then the evaluation of enhancements changes. Intentionality, transcendence, and values emerge as key issues.